Mentoring

The Adastra Foundation initiated its Mentoring Programme in October 2008. The programme is to support and encourage our scholarship recipients to manage their own learning in order that they may maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance and become the person they want to be. The Adastra Foundation realises that it is an effective way of helping people to progress in their careers.

Who are you? Where are you from? What do you stand for today? Those were the questions put to our recipients by David Galbraith during our 'think' mentoring session. We were thrilled to have such an unique and skilled professional present to our 2018 recipients....

Social Media and Sponsorship was the focus of the 'Snap' mentoring session held at Rocket Coffee (we may have had coffee too!) on Thursday September 20. Nicky Felton from Play Creative reverse engineered the social media process. This helped recipients gain an insight...

We locked in the Breathing Guru - Craig Newlands - to host a practical Breathing Clinic with recipients on Tuesday July 10th. And before you ask...yes, they got to lie down on the job! "In the arts or any sport it is important to monitor breathing quality. A good...

On Wednesday 29 March 2018, the Adastra Foundation hosted a Function to Welcome the 2018 recipients into the Adastra Family. With over 70 recipients attending it was one of our biggest turn outs ever. We were thrilled to have past recipient and Olympian, Jaime...

All Adastra Scholarship recipients will be invited to attend four Mentoring Sessions throughout 2018. March: Welcome Function - "A simple hello could lead to a million things." July: Breathing Works Clinic - "Breathing Under Pressure" September: Social Media and...

Once again, The Adastra Foundation have partnered with School Kit to run five mentoring sessions for the 2017 scholarship recipients. Schoolkit are a team of qualified, registered educators with an extensive network of professionals and are well qualified to deliver...

This year The Adastra Foundation have partnered with SchoolKit to run six mentoring sessions for the 2016 scholarship recipients.
Schoolkit are a team of qualified, registered educators with an extensive network of professionals and are well qualified to deliver mentoring sessions that are innovative and captivating to add real value for the Adastra recipients.

29th June 2015 - Sponsorship & Finance with Tonia Cawood & Graham Scott. A session presented by Tonia Cawood will give you tips on how to put together a sponsorship proposal and approach sponsors. Graham Scott will present on the topic of finance and what you...